 | James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - Laziness - 1818 - 316 pages
...like the dewy star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair proportion'd on her poKsh'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire,...the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering woods.... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1819 - 252 pages
...has been considered the shield to virtue." MOTT. Veii'd in a simple robe, that best attire, ISeyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness, Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unudoniM, adoru'd the most. THOMSON. It is a great duty which parents owe their children, to restrict... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...thought, they, like the dewy star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace Sat, fair proportion'd, on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their...Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unndorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse, amid the close... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...of dress ; for loveliness S2 Needs not tftc foreign aid of ornament, But is. when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse amid the close embow'ring woods. As in the hollow breast of Appenine, Beneath the shelter of encircling hills, A myrtle... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...dewy star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace _Sat, fair proportiou'd, on her polish'd limb-, , Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; forlovelinesj Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adornM the most. Thoughtless... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 278 pages
...thought, they, like the dewy star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair-proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their...the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.v Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...gaudy baits, and meretricious charms, the minds of inexperienced youths into the traps of heroic LoveT Loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament ; But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most ! " Let them (says the good and pious Tertullian) paint their eyes with tints of chastity,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering woods. As in the hollow breast of Appenuine, Beneath the shelter of encircling hills,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...her thought, they like the dewy star Of ev'ning, shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair proportioned on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their...the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse amid the close embow'ring woods.... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...shrink into a trivial toy, At every sudden slighting quite abash'd. Milton's Paradise Regained, b. 2. A native grace Sat fair-proportioned on her polish'd...the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd adorn'd the most. Thomson's Seasons — Autumn. Her form was fresher than the morning rose, When the... | |
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Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, * Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. 
